A fellow of all three built-environment professions, Dirk Bolt’s work includes five buildings that have been recognized by the Australian Institute of Architects’ Award for Enduring Architecture. All of these were completed in the early period of his career in Hobart and Canberra. Bolt’s life as an architect and planner, however, extended across continents.
In 1951, aged 21, Bolt arrived in Tasmania from Groningen, Netherlands, after a year of architecture studies at Delft University of Technology. He was following his love, Guusje (Kusha) van der
